Pennant Fever

August 10, 1986

THE NEXT two weeks are key for Detroit's AL East bid. The Tigers went into the weekend with a stretch of 16 of their next 19 games at Tiger Stadium, where they had a 33-19 record, the best home record in the AL. . . . Houston appears to have a scheduled edge in the NL West over Los Angeles. The Dodgers completed a nine-game home stand in which they won eight games and picked up three games on Houston, prompting Mike Marshall to announce: ''We know we're in a pennant race now. We know we're in a position to have some fun in the last two months.'' But the Dodgers play 35 of their final 55 games on the road, and Houston has 26 of its 54 on the road. The Dodgers play 29 of their final 55 games against teams that went into the weekend with winning records, and Houston has 13 of its final 54 against teams with winning records.